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| Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
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Yes it has been a while since my last column, the film has released, not made much money at the box office, got great reviews from the audience and most of the critics (Except 3), but that’s not the topic of this blog.
For a while now there have been reports in sections of the media about Aditya Chopra and me having a fight, I generally ignore rumours about me, and there have been a few, but this is one I choose not to ignore.
Aditya Chopra is one of those people who very few know and even fewer understand. I have had the rare opportunity to have worked closely with him for the past 7 years during which we made 4 films. 2 of which have been super hit and blockbuster, respectively, Hum Tum and Fanaa. While Mujhse Dosti Karoge only worked only in overseas and sadly not in India, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic worked only and mainly with Kids and sadly not at the Box office ! We should’ve released the film in a holiday period, but then as they say hindsight, is 20:20, but the pain of Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic not working at the Box Office is something only Adi and me can understand and share.
After Mujhse Dosti Karoge, it was only Adi and me who felt the pain. Together we supported each other and helped each other come up with Hum Tum. Any other producer would’ve shaken my hand and said ‘bye bye’, Adi stood by me after MDK. When Hum Tum became a hit for a week we couldn’t believe it, finally when everyone started calling it a hit, we did too ! For Fanaa we went through a lot of heartache during the release with the Multiplex issue and Gujrat. The film was a huge hit and all the release pains were forgotten.
After Fanaa, Adi realized that the dream he had seen in 2001, wherein he sets up a director as a producer, create a genuine studio system, was finally ready to come true. He offered to set me up as a producer and within minutes we agreed on the terms. Of the 4 contracts I’ve signed with YRF I’ve never even read one, such is our comfort level and trust.
During the making of Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, the entire landscape changed, all prices, all deals, suddenly shot up, the deal that Adi had given me with the best of intentions suddenly didn’t look like what it did earlier, but that wasn’t the point, Adi’s intentions were always to give me a share. Yes we did receive very handsome offers from corporate houses, but Adi just couldn’t take them, that was not how he does business, that was not why he set up and almost single handedly created the studio system.
Whenever you tie up with someone, you choose his or her style of working, and that’s what I did. There is no wrong or right in that system, it is the way that person does business and you have no right to make him change the way he does business, otherwise you should do it yourself. You cannot tie up with someone and expect him to do business your way.
To even think that Adi and me will have a problem because of money is the figment of imagination of someones idle mind. I stand by every decision Adi took, not because he stood by me when I was down, but because I never doubt his intentions and fully understand them. |
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| Posted by Kunal Kohli at 09:22 IST |
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Kunal Kohli, the name is not just associated with good and hit cinema (Mujhse Dosti Karoge, Hum Tum, Fanaa and Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic) but is known as a film-maker with an opinion. A film-maker who was a film critic, one of the first and best judges on reality shows, a writer, thinker and of course a path breaking film-maker. Making a different film in each outing of his, Kunal is one of the leading film-makers in Bollywood today, his actors and he have won national awards and so many other awards. The music of his films is always a super hit and recently Kunal turned producer too and started his own production house Kunal Kohli productions. Bollywood Hungama brings you chance to interact with the charismatic filmmaker through his blog on BollywoodHungama.com. So don't miss this chance to read about Kunal's views on cinema and everything else under the sky, only on your favorite Bollywood website BollywoodHungama.com
You can visit Kunal's official website at http://www.kkp.co.in/ |
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